The Bridgestone, based in Tokyo (Japan), is the world's largest tire manufacturer, with sales of $ 29.7 billion in 2007. It employs 134 thousand employees worldwide and maintains operations in 25 countries, with 182 factories, of which 76 are plants of tires and related processes, 20 factories of raw materials and 86 factories producing various products (auto, semiconductor, equipment for golf and tennis , Bicycles).
In Brazil, the company generates 3600 direct jobs and produces tires for all segments of its factories in Santo Andre (SP) and Camaçari (BA), which together have a capacity to produce more than 43 thousand tires per day. In 2007, billed $ 1 billion. Between 2000 and 2007, the company invested about $ 460 million for the expansion of its production and deployment of new products and technologies, in addition to the modernization of more than 500 points of sales distributed across the country. 
Bridgestone Santo André - São Paulo
Bridgestone’s Potenza Formula One tyres will next be in action at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, October 31 - November 2, where the medium and soft compounds will be used. This is a change from the soft and super soft compound allocation for this race last season.
Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development , said:
“Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton, this is a fantastic result for him, considering what happened here last season. Both of our compounds worked well today and we saw a good range of strategies, with all three drivers on the podium using the compounds in a different order. Heikki Kovalainen suffered a puncture which led to his tyre carcass braking up and we are investigating the cause of this. We now head to Brazil with both championships still alive, so we should expect a very exciting weekend in Sao Paulo.”
Temperatures Ambient Track Weather
Race – PM 27C 29C-28C Sunny / Cloudy
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